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CNG 100, Lot: 1884. Estimate $5000.
Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.07 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 146-161. DIVA FAV STINA, draped bust right, wearing hair bound in pearls on top of her head / ΛETER NITΛS, Fortuna standing left, holding patera and rudder set on globe. RIC III 349a(a) (Pius); Beckman dies df100/AC25; Strack 450α (Pius); Calicó 1743b (same obv. die as illustration); BMCRE 371 (Pius); Biaggi 799 (same obv. die). Good VF, toned, some faint hairlines, areas of edge filing.